POP STAR

This song also appears in SEGA's rhythm games. For information on this, see the SilentBlue page on this song.

POP STAR

Song Information

Cover Version

POP STAR's jacket.

Composition/Lyrics: Ken Hirai
Original Artist: 平井堅
Album: POP STAR (2005)
BPM: 139 (jubeat), 140 (DanceDanceRevolution)
Length: 1:53
First Music Game Appearance: jubeat
Other Music Game Appearances:

• DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX
• jubeat (2021)
• jubeat plus music pack 04

Original Version

POP STAR's original version jacket.

Artist: 平井堅
Composition/Lyrics/Vocals: Ken Hirai
Arrangement: Seiji Kameda
Album: POP STAR (2005)
BPM: 139
Length: 1:53
First Music Game Appearance: jubeat plus / jubeat plus (Android) 平井堅 pack
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

Japanese

I wanna be a pop star 君をもっと夢中にさせてあげるからね
キラキラのpop star 羽根を広げ魔法をかけてあげよう君だけに

君に出会えた喜びと君に会えない淋しさの
両方を手に入れて恋は走り出す
空も飛べない僕だけど 孤独を謳う夜だけど
その頬に 微笑みを与えられたなら
初めて君を抱きしめた瞬間に
神様が僕に下した使命は君だけのヒーロー

I wanna be a pop star 君をもっと夢中にさせてあげるからね
キラキラのpop star 羽根を広げ 魔法をかけてあげよう
I wanna be a pop star 君をぎゅっと 抱きしめてあげるからおいで
キラキラのpop star 羽根を広げ 魔法をかけてあげよう 君だけに

Song Connections / Remixes

• The jubeat plus 平井堅 pack uses the original version of POP STAR, while the arcade releases of jubeat, jubeat plus music pack 04, and jubeat (2021) use a cover version of the song.

Trivia

• POP STAR is Ken Hirai's 23rd single and was a #1 single on the Japanese Oricon charts. The song later appeared on his seventh album FAKIN' POP in March 2008.
• POP STAR was used as the ending theme song of the Japanese drama Kiken na aneki (危険なアネキ).
• POP STAR's video is notable for Ken Hirai dressing up as 7 different people and animals.
• The true BPM of POP STAR's cover is 139.87.
• POP STAR was added to DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX on January 4th, 2023.

Song Production Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 20 from X onwards.
jubeat to clan difficulty rated from 1 to 10, and from 1 to 10.9 from festo onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd and jubeat@Wiki.)

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	53 / 0	96 / 1	207 / 9	366 / 9	- / - / -	96 / 1	207 / 9	366 / 9	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX	1	3	6	11	-	3	6	11	-

jubeat

Cover Version

Game	Level
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	168	309	521
jubeat→knit APPEND	1	4	7
jubeat plus	1	4	7
jubeat (2021)	1	4	7

Original Version

Game	Level
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	149	380	537
jubeat plus	2	6	8
jubeat plus (Android)	2	6	8